Splash plate retention method and apparatus
US10155233B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 8, 2009 |
| Grant date | Dec 18, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 7, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S901/43
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A splash plate assembly is retained in a rotary bell cup by a barbed skirt that interfaces with an inner surface of the bell cup. The splash plate assembly includes a splash plate or deflector that is secured to the front side of an insert. The insert has barbed extensions that may form a skirt around an outer periphery thereof. The insert is snapped into the front bell opening of a bell cup, and the barbed extensions elastically deform and snap back outwardly to interface with a shoulder formed in the bell cup inner surface.
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